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Amir Khan will return to the ring in the next few months –– and Scouse boxing fans won’t have far to travel to see it.

The former unified super-lightweight champion, who was recently on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, has been out of the ring since being knocked out by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Las Vegas in May 2016.

But he will snap a near two-year hiatus when he comes back at the ECHO Arena in Liverpool,, exclusively live on Sky Sports, on April 21.

The news of Khan’s comeback in Liverpool comes after the 30-year-old signed a three-fight deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing on Wednesday.

Khan has long been on the other side to Hearn, who also looks after long-time rival Kell Brook, but the pair have decided to bury the hatchet for the next stage of Khan’s career and that will kick off at a place where he has yet to box as a professional and will come after four years’ worth of Stateside exposure since his last outing on UK soil.

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“It’s great to be here,” Khan told media at his signing unveiling. “Nobody ever though Eddie and I would be on the same table –– maybe against each other but definitely not on the same team –– but we decided to put everything behind us and move forward.

“Eddie, in my opinion, is the best promoter in the UK, I want to start fighting in the UK a lot more now and this is where I belong. It’s about being with the best team and I believe I’ve joined it. I started my career off in England and I want to come back here now.”

Khan’s last fight in the UK, against Julio Diaz in Sheffield back in April 2014, was a unanimous decision victory and he will be hoping that he can continue his winning streak in his homeland in April.

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“My last few years have been up and down, with having a hand injury and everything that was going on in my personal life, but now it’s time to put that behind me and become a champion again.”

Khan will feature on the first ECHO Arena boxing show since last September. Paul Butler beat Stuart Hall in a final eliminator for the WBA ‘regular’ bantamweight title and he, like Rocky Fielding who also won back in September, is expected to feature on the bill.

The ECHO understands that there will also be action for Olympian Anthony Fowler, ‘Miss GB’ Natasha Jonas and a plethora of other local stars.

Details regarding tickets for the show and further updates regarding personnel will be revealed in due course.